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Adjective

Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

Excessively decorated

Wildly exaggerated or improbable

Affectedly grand or pretentious in manner or behavior

(of a statement) Taking no account of particular cases or exceptions

Past tense for to state or claim too much

Past tense for to give a false or misleading account of the nature of

Past tense for to (excessively) talk up one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

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Adjective

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Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

labored^US

laboured^UK

laid on with a trowel

blown out of proportion

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“The CEO's overstated claims about the company's profitability ultimately led to a loss of investor trust.”

Adjective

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Excessively decorated

Adjective

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Wildly exaggerated or improbable

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Adjective

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Affectedly grand or pretentious in manner or behavior

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

wise guy

bold-faced

throwing one's weight around

offensively self-assertive

throwing one's weight about

of preconceived ideas

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Adjective

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(of a statement) Taking no account of particular cases or exceptions

Verb

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Past tense for to state or claim too much

dramatised^UK

dramatized^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

emphasised^UK

emphasized^US

made too much of something

played up

put on

blew up out of all proportion

blown up out of all proportion

made a mountain out of a molehill

blew out of proportion

blown out of proportion

made a big thing out of

laid it on with a trowel

made a federal case of

made a production out of

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

laid it on with a shovel

maximized^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

maximised^UK

blown something out of all proportion

blew something out of all proportion

made a drama out of a crisis

expanded on

made a big thing about

made a big deal out of something

idealized^US

idealised^UK

laid it on thick about

beefed up

swelled up

made a mountain out of

exaggerated information

explicated

laid it on with a trowel about

drawn the longbow

drew the longbow

attached too much importance to

talked big

played to the gallery

played to gallery

magnified importance

made a performance of

soft-soaped

interlarded

laid too much stress on

made a thing of

played on heartstrings

overstated the case

attached too much weight to

made a song and dance about

paid extravagant compliments

made much of

sweet-talked

embellished the truth

overcalculated

made a fuss

made a thing about

laid on with a trowel

gone over the top about

went on and on about

gone on and on about

went over the top about

placed too much emphasis on

harped on about

laid too much emphasis on

chewed up the scenery

blew up out of proportion

blown up out of proportion

gave someone a sob story

given someone a sob story

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“We should be happy that all the people there found a home through acquihire but not overstate the importance of the shutdown.”

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Past tense for to give a false or misleading account of the nature of

colored^US

biased^US

biassed^UK

coloured^UK

quoted out of context

gave a false account of

given a false account of

given a false idea of

passed off

put words in someone's mouth

dramatized^US

dramatised^UK

put the wrong slant on

moulded^UK

molded^US

twisted someone's words

gave a false impression of

given a false impression of

gave a false picture of

given a false picture of

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Verb

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Past tense for to (excessively) talk up one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

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